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Comment by chicurbanity

These are tameable, and provide a 2-second AOE stun. Great for pvp if that's your style :)

This particular color (blue) is a rare elite spawn in Kun-Lai summit. Exact coordinates at this point are unknown. Happy hunting!

Comment by whitehusky

Bristlespine can be tracked by following the "Puzzling Tracks" in Kun Lai Summit. He can only be seen with a Hunter's Flare.

His route goes through Eastwind Rest, just south of Westwind Rest, and following the road west, then up along the mountain to south of One Keg, continuing east, crossing the road, and then going north towards Temple of the White Tiger (but not all the way there). At that point, he turns around.

Happy hunting!

Comment by LadyStardust

Bristlespine is a cute little level 88 elite porcupine who has a greyish blue colouring to him with a purple underbelly. Despite being elite he is very easy to tame. He leaves behind puzzling tracks which truly do live up to their name. They are to be followed backwards - meaning you go the direction the heel is pointing rather than the toes. This is the case with most of the new hunter tames in Pandaria. I imagine Blizzard will sort this out in the future, but as of now (September 30th, 2012) this is how they remain. If your following the tracks and they seem to vanish right before your eyes try turning around and following them in the opposite direction. Although his green tacks are fairly easy to see against the Kun-Lai Summit terrain he appears to be quite quick or makes sharp turns. I lost him a couple because of this - even got away from my flare before I could throw a hunter's mark on him. He is a cute little guy though and worth it. He has two special abilities once tamed. Paralyzing Quill which incapacitates all enemies for 2 seconds. His other ability, rest, does absolutely nothing except be completely adorable. It commands Bristlespine to sleep for a few seconds. As always... good luck and happy hunting, friends!

Comment by Magnakilro

To quell any confusion...Bristlespine IS unique. He is a darker coloration than the similar Smoky Porcupines in Jade Forest

Comment by Menex

Anyone know if he and stompy can be up at the same time? I just tamed stompy, and went looking for him, and didn't see anything.. But I wanted to make sure :)

Comment by TeamGreen

Found a great video that follows Bristlespine's entire meander across the summit;

Credit to evansstar for the video. I found this immensely helpful for helping me to plot exactly where my next flare should go. It gets frustrating when the only way you know you've got it wrong is when a little footprint appears behind you!

Comment by vampirechickk

It took me an hour to catch him.. I kept missing him. I'd find the tracks but some are hard to see. Eventually I just started shooting the flare ahead every time I thought I lost the next track and he finally walked into one of them, BAM NPC Scan goes off! Easy tame after you finally find him.

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Comment by Spicysauce

I'm a little disappointed with his model....he is almost IDENTICAL to the Smoky Porcupines. They should make him a completely unique color, like gold or black, so you can't easily confuse him for one of the common spawns. Why should a rare elite that you have to track down by following his footsteps and reveal with a flare be almost indistinguishable from ones you can grab right in Jade Forest? I mean, half the fun of catching these guys is to show them off in front of the Auction House, right? And on top of that I need to abandon one of my instantly recognizable rare pets (like Loque or Sambas) in order to tame him? Sadly, I'll have to pass on this one.

Edit: It seems to be a trend with these rare pets in Pandaria (Portent vs Purple Stone Quilen, Stompy vs generic White Goat). Yes, there are differences but is it really enough to go through the trouble of taming them? What happened to the awesome "Spectral" versions, or the "Gem" pets, or even the ghost skins? That's what made these pets worth getting in the first place, the sheer awesomeness of their appearance. Of course, it's not all bad, as I tamed Savage today and love his look, but unfortunately he is one of the few I can say that about : /.

Comment by Sarantha

Bristlepine is listed as the only "Blue" porcupine...I guess tame him if you wanna have your very own Sonic the Hedgehog (or Sonic the porcupine).

Comment by Zallectra83

Tamed this guy today, though I have to apologise that I dont have the exact co-ords as I got attacked by a bird just as I had set off a Flare and as I was trying to get rid of the flying menace, Bristlespine walked into my Flare and aggro'd onto me as well so it was all a bit chaotic lol. Like many others, I am a little disappointed that he doesn't 'stand out more' so I'm not sure if I'll keep him or not, will see how he fares as a pet, he isn't an 'instant love' kinda pet for me sadly. Though I will say one thing: I was surprised at how much he shrunk after the tame! He seems tiny! lolIf you don't stumble across his tracks by accident and having trouble picking them up, I recommend the link that TeamGreen posted, it helped me heaps! Thanks TeamGreen :D

Happy Hunting

Zallectralvl 89 Blood Elf

Edit: Just got out my Little Black Ram companion pet so I could compare....pretty much the same size....?errmmm LOL

Comment by Sarantha

He is very cute. I just tamed him today. He is small, but adorable. He pats really fast. I found him at Temple of the White Tiger, got a Headless Horseman queue, and five minutes later he was near the Yaungol Advance.

Comment by Kemaria

There are nine trackable rare elite hunter pets in Pandaria which are found by following their footprints and using flares to pull them out of stealth.

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Comment by soberjoe1976

gotem yest. Tracks heading in the right direction. He walked me into the Sha, so i soloed the Sha, then tamed the silly guy

Comment by adaleg

I was tracking this pet today (10-Feb-2013) and at least on my server, he was following the same direction he was travelling (following the footprints forward and not backward as mentioned above). May have been changed, so just a heads up to save you guys some time!

Comment by fiend32387

Tamed at Chow Farmstead at 16:23. (server time)

ZevrijTroll HunterTwisting Nether (US)

Comment by BallistixElune

Do you need to finish all the Kun Lai quests to see this pet's footsteps in phase?

Comment by NeroRain

No idea if this happened to anyone else, or if I'm just super unlucky, but just spent about 90 minutes tracking him, lit him up with a flare and started the tame, only to have him wander off and despawn completely. It was at the tail end of his path that I found him, so I don't know if he just despawned for normal reasons, or what, but he was gray'd out when I tried to tame him. Don't think I'll put in the time to try and tame him again after this frustration.

Comment by Gothicchick83

I just tamed him at 3:51am from Ohio :D

Comment by Qirajin

When I'm at the appropriate level, I'm taming this one and calling it Sanic.

Comment by Fabulosia

The listed points on wowhead are really inadequate to show Bristlespine's numerous changes of direction. I found the full path video on WoW Rare Spawns much more helpful, and picked up Bristlespine easily once I spotted the prints.